Selected Tag: PLI
Selected Tag: PLI

India’s PLI Push Needs an Exit Test

India’s PLI schemes show strong output gains, but without exit criteria, temporary support risks becoming permanent industrial policy by default.

Sagari Gupta

June 15, 2026 at 5:59 AM IST

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India’s EV Policy Rewards Scale but Leaves Innovation Waiting

India’s EV PLI scheme has boosted manufacturing but sidelined innovation. By rewarding scale over technology, it risks weakening the ecosystem it hopes to build.

Nilanjan Banik

March 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM IST

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Budget 2026

Beyond the "Paracetamol" of PLI: How the Budget Can Rewrite India's Manufacturing Story

India needs structural reforms, not subsidies. This Budget must tackle energy, logistics, credit and the rupee to revive manufacturing.

Ajay Shankar

January 30, 2026 at 8:51 AM IST

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India’s Industrial Policy Drifts Amid Bold Claims and Faltering Delivery

India’s industrial policy remains a patchwork of ambitions, reversals and stalled schemes, where lofty declarations outpace execution, coherence and long-term vision.

Sharmila Kantha

December 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM IST

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Smartphones to Pharma, India’s Key Exports to US Take a Hit

Some tariff-free products are collapsing despite facing zero duties, while several highly-taxed sectors are showing surprising resilience

Ajay Srivastava

September 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM IST

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